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Hirojai Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Preposition in front of the relative clause
I have read a book and saw a sentence
"the other thing I can't help remarking upon is the overweening confidence with which the religious assert minute details for which they neither have, nor could have, any evidence."
i don't know how to analyse this sentence with having with which, and for which, and they occupy in 1 sentence. i understand the whole meaning but i can't write the sentence like this. And i want to learn of it.
what condition/ situation can i use this style and how to use it right in a sentence? that';s what i want to know.
cheers
Hirojai
"the other thing I can't help remarking upon is the overweening confidence with which the religious assert minute details for which they neither have, nor could have, any evidence."
i don't know how to analyse this sentence with having with which, and for which, and they occupy in 1 sentence. i understand the whole meaning but i can't write the sentence like this. And i want to learn of it.
what condition/ situation can i use this style and how to use it right in a sentence? that';s what i want to know.
cheers
Hirojai
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Use it in very formal writing, Hirojai. The confidence with which they assert the details ( formal ) = the confidence which they assert the details with ( informal ) The details for which they have no evidence = the details that they have no evidence for The man to whom I gave the money = the man I gave the money to The bag in which we found the cat = the bag we found the cat in etc.
- Use it in very formal writing, Hirojai.
- The confidence with which they assert the details ( formal ) = the confidence which they assert the details with ( informal ) The details for which they have no evidence = the details that they have no evidence for The man to whom I gave the money = the man I gave the money to The bag in which we found the cat = the bag we found the cat in etc.
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Use it in very formal writing, Hirojai.
The confidence with which they assert the details (formal) = the confidence which they assert the details with (informal)
The details for which they have no evidence = the details that they have no evidence for
The man to whom I gave the money = the man I gave the money to
The bag in which we found the cat = the bag w
The confidence with which they assert the details (formal) = the confidence which they assert the details with (informal)
The details for which they have no evidence = the details that they have no evidence for
The man to whom I gave the money = the man I gave the money to
The bag in which we found the cat = the bag w
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it is so...hard...>.<
if we don't know the usage n position of the preposition, then we may use it wrong..
if i thought the original sentence of "they assert the details with the confidence" as "details of the confidence" instead, then will the whole sentence be wrong? =.="
if we don't know the usage n position of the preposition, then we may use it wrong..
if i thought the original sentence of "they assert the details with the confidence" as "details of the confidence" instead, then will the whole sentence be wrong? =.="
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'They assert (the details) with confidence' could be incorporated to create the same meaning, yes.
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